Niger Delta youths planning one-million march against Buhari

– Youths are unhappy with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration
– Group wants a retention of the Maritime University

President Muhammadu Buhari

Some Niger Delta youths under the aegis of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) worldwide, have announced their plans to embark on a one-million protest march against President Muhammadu Buhari.
Vanguard reports that the youths are marching against perceived wrong policies against the Niger Delta region by the present administration, one of which is the planned closure of the Maritime University. According to IYC, there will be a youth convention at the temporary site of Maritime University, in Korutie community where various Niger Delta communities, student organisations, sympathizers of development education, the tertiary institutions in the region, and clans, local and international youth organizations will be gathered to stop the noticeable lopsided and biased policies of the present administration against the people and entity known as the Niger Delta region.

Riverine residents of Ogulagha in Burutu local government area, Delta state, have also taken to the streets of the community to protest the plans by the federal government to scrap the Maritime university.

Chief Boro Lala of Burutu council has since kicked against the scrapping of the maritime varsity in Okorenkoko and in an address of newsmen in Warri, he condemned the purported intention of Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of Transportation and Aviation to scrap the maritime university.

He noted that the contribution of the area to the common wealth of the nation cannot be overemphasized as no project was adequate compensation to the people, therefore, the institution cannot be scrapped.

Lara also pleaded with President Buhari to listen to the voices of the youths and those of reputable Nigerians who truly desire the university to remain as Dr Goodluck Jonathan’s administration planned it.

Meanwhile, a group of militants from the region have recently seized a merchant ship with foreigners and also threatened to blow it up if the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu is not released.

BREAKING! Biafra: Militants Free Hijacked Ship, Hold 5 Crew Members Hostage; Insist on Kanu’s Release

BREAKING! Biafra: Militants Free Hijacked Ship, Hold 5 Crew Members Hostage; Insist on Kanu’s Release





The navy of Benin is guarding a Greek-owned oil tanker hijacked by Nigerian militants who are holding five crew members hostage in Nigeria, a Nigerian agency that issues government statements and a shipping security expert said Wednesday.

The Liberian-flagged MT Leon Dias is anchored off Cotonou, Benin’s commercial capital, PR Nigeria agency reported. It gave no other details and no news of the crew and hijackers.

The hijackers disembarked from the vessel on Sunday and took five hostages with them — the captain, chief engineer, third engineer, the electrician and a fitter, said Dirk Steffen, maritime security director of Denmark-based Risk Intelligence. The ship then sailed to Cotonou, he told The Associated Press.
Owner Leon Shipping and Trading in Athens did not answer requests for comment.

Earlier Nigerian officers said the vessel was hijacked Friday by separatists threatening to blow it up with its crew unless officials release Nnamdi Kanu, the director of the banned Radio Biafra who is accused of terrorism.

Another terrorist group may emerge in Nigeria – Abubakar

– Governor Mohammed Abubakar warned the federal government that another terrorist group may emerge in Nigeria
– The governor stressed that problems of poverty and ignorance should be adequately addressed
– Bau­chi state has played host to more than a million of Internally Displaced Persons

Governor Mohammed Abubakar warned the federal government that another terrorist group may emerge in Nigeria.

Mohammed Abubakar, the governor of Bauchi state, has warned the federal government that another terrorist group may emerge in Nigeria, if problems of poverty and ignorance are not adequately addressed.
The Sun reports that the governor said his while receiving a 12-member assessment team of the European Union, United Nations and World Bank on insurgency devastated areas in the north-east.

Alhaji Wakil Adamu from the office of vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, led the delegation in company with officials of National Emergency Management Agency, the State Emergency Management Agency and UNICEF among others.

Abubakar commended the team saying that its mission was a welcome and timely one in a view of the devastation the Boko Haram sect has unleashed on Nigerians living in the north-east.

“Rebuilding infrastructure is important in rebuilding the areas but addressing the underlying factor of the insurgency is much more important because the north-east is seriously affected by poverty and ignorance.

“If poverty and ignorance are not properly addressed, they could provide grounds for the rise of another crazy group if Boko Haram is taken care of. We are running a risk if poverty is not addressed,” he said.

Abubakar further stressed that Bauchi state has been hosting more than a million of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who have escaped crisis in other parts of the country.

The governor noted that because of the influx of IDPS in the state, the facilities and infrastructures of the state had been overstretched.

“The effect of insurgency is felt by states like Bauchi state because of the multiplier effect of the displacement of persons who are now finding succour in the state. Indeed, rebuilding infrastructure is a very important aspect of your mission in the north-east,”he stressed.

Speaking earlier about the team’s mission, Adamu said:

“The focus is to do an on the spot assessment, interact with the people, inspect destroyed places, find out what happened, what the government of the affected state is doing and how to compliment government’s efforts.”

Meanwhile, the general officer commanding 3 Division of the Nigerian army, Brigadier General Msa Aliyu, has explained why Boko Haram has not been complitely defeated.

According to him, the ongoing offensive against the insurgents is been delayed in part because the terrorists are hiding among innocent people.

Panic grips Niger-Delta as JTF makes several arrests

– The Nigerian Military has launched an attack within the Niger Delta region
– Militants who carried out multiple attacks on pipelines have been apprehended

There was tension  within the Niger-Delta region, following an attack by the military, leading to the arrest of militants responsible for the multiple attacks on oil pipelines and installations.

According to a statement issued by the spokesman of Operation Pulo Shield, Colonel Isa Ado, those who carried out various attacks on oil pipelines and installations in the region has been apprehended.

Members Of Operation Pulo Shield

It would be recalled that militants recently attacked and vandalized several oil and gas pipelines across the Niger Delta including pipelines owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and AGIP.
Colonel Ado noted that the suspects were currently undergoing a preliminary investigation in order to ascertain the degree of their involvement in the attacks before they are handed over to the prosecution
He attributed the success of the arrests to the intensifying of patrols and efforts to cordon off and search waterways, creeks, and riverine communities.

The spokesman noted that the Commander of Operation Pulo Shield, Major General Alani Gafar Okunlola was determined to stop all illegal activities in the Niger Delta region. Major General Okunlola also called upon the locals to provide any information they possessed about these illegal acts.

“The Commander [Major General Okunlola] also assured the people of Niger Delta of the Operation’s determination to wipe out all acts of illegalities in the region and also called on them to give useful information that will aid the Joint Force in its operations in line with its mandate in the Niger Delta.

“He further warned the perpetrators of crime to desist from further destruction of oil facilities or be ready to face the wrath of the law,” Colonel Ado stated.

In the same vein, the Nigerian army has said it will take strict measures against the pro-Biafran Militants threatening the peace with the southsouth and southeast region of the country. The defence headquarters said the pro-Biafran militants who allegedly hijacked a merchant vessel off the coast of Nigeria on Friday, January 29, would be made to face the wrath which is meted-out to criminals and saboteurs.
agencies.

Shocking! Nigeria’s debt rise to N1.31tn in one year

– Nigeria’s debt rose from N11.24tn as of December 31, 2014 to N12.6tn at the end of 2015 
-The debt rose with a difference of N1.31tn, increasing by 12.1 per cent
– External debts of both tiers of government rose from $9.71bn as of December 31, 2014 to $10.71bn as of December 31, 2015

President Muhammadu Buhari

Despite the growing economic hardship in the country, Nigeria’s debt rose by N1.31tn in one year, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has revealed.

According to the statistics released by DMO, the country’s total debt rose from N11.24tn as of December 31, 2014 to N12.6tn at the end of 2015 with a difference of N1.31tn, increasing by 12.1 per cent.
According to the report by Punch newspaper, the total debt is made up of the external debt of the federal and state governments, the domestic debts of the Federal Government as well as the domestic debts of the states.

External debts of both tiers of government rose from $9.71bn as of December 31, 2014 to $10.71bn as of December 31, 2015. This shows a rise of $1bn or growth rate of 10.37 per cent within the period.

This shows that the domestic debt of the Federal Government rose by N932.97bn within the one-year period. It also means that the domestic debt of the Federal Government rose by 11.8 per cent.
The 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory held $3,369,911,154.54 of the country’s external debt component, while the Federal Government’s external commitments stood at $7,348,520,340.26.

With $1,207,900,597.65, Lagos remained the most externally indebted state of the federation as it held 35.84 per cent of the country’s subnational external debt.
The amount spent on servicing the domestic component of Nigeria’s total debt rose from N334.66bn in 2010 to N846.64bn by the end of December 2014.

The increase in the debt service obligation of the Federal Government showed an increase of N511.98bn within a period of five years. This means that in that time, the country’s domestic debt service obligation rose by 152.99 per cent.

The increase also reflected the rise in the size of the country’s domestic debt portfolio, which moved from N4.55tn in December 2010 to N7.9tn as of December 31, 2014, an increase of 73.63 per cent.
This means that while the domestic debt rose by 73.63 per cent within the period, the cost of servicing the debt rose by 152.99 per cent. Some of the debts that had fallen due within the period, however, might have been liquidated.

Meanwhile, Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated that the federal government will not spare persons indicted for corruption.

Mr Osinbajo who stated this yesterday, February 3 in Ogun state said corruption has ravaged the nation’s economy and threatening the government’s plan to put in place necessary infrastructure.

The domestic debt of the Federal Government, which is the biggest component of the debt burden, rose from N7.9tn as of December 31, 2014 to N8.84tn in the 12-month period.

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A YORUBA LADY STAB HUSBAND TO DEATH IN ABIDJAN (PHOTOS)

A YORUBA LADY STAB HUSBAND TO DEATH IN ABIDJAN (PHOTOS)
Today a shocking news rocked ibadan. The largest city in Africa. A young man named oye lowo Ajanaku oyediran was stabbed to death by his wife yewande oyediran nee fatoki the daughter of hounrable fatoki.
A lawyer. She slit his throat with a knife while he was sleeping.she was said to have stabbed him that same night he had gone to the hospital to be treated and the stab wound on the right shoulder was stitched. After which he went home to sleep.  

Early hours of the morning while he was sleeping with the effect of the drugs he had taken he was weak and sleeping. His wife yewande slit his throat.

And locked the door refusing to call for help and ignoring his weak plea for help. After a while she came out to the shout of the landlandy. Lowo was met in a pool of his own blood. He died few minutes later.
The lady family has since claimed that she is mentally unstable. A powerful political family. The lady having the powerful backing of her family is on the run and hidden from the police. They were married for three years without any children.